Egg-testing device.



.PATENTED MAR. 31, 1908.

No. 883,308 P. W; GAYLOR.

EGG TESTING DEVICE.

APPLIOATION FILED 1120.16, 1907.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented March. 31, 1908.

Application filed December 16, 1907. ,,Serial No.'406,820.

To all whom it may concern. Be it known that I, FRANK W. GAYLOR, a citizen of the United-States, and residing at White Plains, in the county f 'Westchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Egg Testing Devices, of whic the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled i in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The'object of this invention is to provide an egg testin device which is simple in construction an convenient of manipulation or termme t operation and bymeans of which eggs may be quicklg and rapidly tested so as to dee quality thereof; and with these and. other ob ectsin view the invention consists in a device of the class specified cons'tructedas hereinafter described and claimed.

35. a hin eddoor a and in the box a is laced a plura ity' of; batteries b'which are s own in The invention is fully'disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawin forms apart, in which the separate parts 0 my improvement are desi nated bysuitable reference characters n eac of the views, and'in which Figurejl is a perspective view of my improved egg tester and showing the method of operating the same, Fig. 2 a sectional side.

view of the tester and showing a part there- 'of in different positions in dotted lines, and Fig.3 a sectional detail of the constructionshown in Fig. 2 on an enlarged scale.

In the ractice of my invention .1 provide a suitable oxor receptacle a, having a cover a and preferably provided at. one side with series in Fig. 2. The right hand battery 6 is rovided with a wire I), and the left hand atter with a wire I), and the wire I) is connecte with a headed bolt or similar device 0 secured in-"the cover a of the box, and rovided with'a counter-sunk head 0 whic is flush with'or slightly'above the top surface of the cover a.

The wire I) is carried through the cover a as shown at b, andsecured to the topof the cover a"rearwardly of the-bolt or similar device c is an ordinary electric light socket (1 having a detachable electric light bulb d. Hinged to the cover a of the boxrearwardly of the li ht socket d as shown at a is atubular hoo e open at both ends, and the lower or hinged end of which is slightly-greater in diameter, in the form of construction shown,

- than the upper end.

hood (2 is a The lower end of the hood e is cut out at an inclination as shown at e, and provided with an annular flange e the rear' edge portion of which is extended backwardly as shown at e and forms a part of the hinge at a.

Secured to the front bottom edgeof the okesha ed contact piece f through which is asse 'a binding post with the inner on wire g, and this wire 9 is connected rearwardly of the lamp socket d, in theform of construction shown, with a metal strip h which extends inwardl through the base portion of the lamp socket and is connected of which is connecte a with one of the 'contact devicesv in the bottom Iportion of said socket, and the wire I) whic is connected with the left hand battery b is'also connected with a metal strip '1', which extendsinwardly throu h the lamp socket dand is. connected with t e other contact device in the bottom of said socket.

That part c of the: flange e at the bottom of the hood-e which forms apart of the. hinge a is bent as shownin Fig. 3, and this forms a spring which normally holds the hood e in the positlon shown in dotted lines ate 'in Fig. 2, and in this position of the hood the contact device whlch'is designed to make connection withthe head 0 of the bolt 0 does not rest on said bolt or said head and the circuit is not complete through the lamp.

Whenever it is desired to test 'an egg, the egg is'taken in the hand as shown at k in Fig. .1 and. laced over an o ening m in the upper end 0 the hood 0 and 111 t Ce same operation athehood e is pressed forwardly so as to bring the contact piece f into connection with the head'c 0f the bolt 0; and this completes the Y circuit through the lamp, .and the condition .of the e g may beinstantly determined in the usua manner. p

The u per or'free end ofthe hood e is provided with an annular inwardly and outwardly directed flange n, and laced thereon is an annular stri o of felt w ich is held in place by cli s n 5 ormed integrally with the ange n, an the strip 0 of felt forms an opening in which the egg, or over which the egg is placed. When the device. is not in use, or at any other time if desired, the hood e may be turned back into the position shown in dotted lines at e in Fig. 2, and the wire 9 is long enough to emit of this operation.

One of the chief features of this invention consists in the fact that when thehood e is .p flssed forwardly into its foremost position hood in a closed position and when this is done the circuit through the lamp will be completed and the lamp will remain in operation until the clip or catch p is turned out of enga ement with said flange, when the hood wil e thrown into the position shown in dotted lines at c in Fig. 2 and the circuit through the lamp will be broken.

My invention is not limited to the exact shape of the hood 6, nor to various other details of the construction shown and described, and changes therein, and modifications thereof may be made, within the scope of the a pended claims, without departing from t e spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An egg testing device comprisin a box or sup ort, an electric light mounted t ereon, a hoo hinged thereto at one side of the elec tric light and adapted to be turned into a closed or an open position so as to inclose or expose said light, said electric light and said hood bein in an electric circuit which is closed by ully closing the hood and opened by'the opening of the hood.

2. An egg testing device comprisin a box or support, an electric light'mounted t ereon, a hood'hinged thereto at one side of the electric light and adapted to be turned into a closed or an open position so as to inclose or expose said light, said electric light and said hood bein in an electric circuit which is closed by lly closing the hood and 0 ened by the opening of the hood, said hood ein'g normally tensionally held in a partially closed position; 3. An egg testing deviee'com rising a box or case containing a source of e ectricity, an electric light mounted thereon, a contact device passin through the to of the box or case at one si e of the electric ight, a tubular hood hinged to'the to of the box or case at the other side of the e ectric light and adapted to be swung into a closed or an open position so as to inclose or expose said 11 ht, said hood, said contact device and said lig t being in an open circuit which is closed by fully said light, contact device and said hood pllostiing the hood and opened by opening the 4. An egg testing device com rising a box or case containing'a source of e ectricity, an electric light mounted thereon, a contact device passing through the top of the box or case at one side of said light, a contact hood open at both ends and hinged to the box or case at the opposite side of said li ht, the bottom of said hood being cut of]? o liquely said light, contact device and said hood bein in-an electrical circuit adapted to be close by the closing of the hood and opened by the opening of the hood.

5. An egg testing device com' rising a box or case containing a source of e ectricity, an electric light mounted thereon, a contact device passing through the top of the box or case at one side of said li ht, a contact hood open at both ends and lunged to the box or case at the op osite side of said light, the bottom of said ioodbeing cut ofi obli uely,

6111 in an electrical circuit adapted to be closed by the closin of the hood and opened by the opening of the hood, said hoo vided at its free end with an annular cushion.

6. An egg testing device comprising a box or case containing a source of e ectricity, an electric light secured to the top of the box or case, a contact device passing through the top of the box or case at one si e of said elec tric light, a hood hinged at the other side of said light, and means whereby the closing of the hood over the light will complete a circuit therethrough and the opening of the hood to expose the light will open said circuit.

7. An egg testing device comprising a box or case containing a source 'of electricity, an electric light secured to the top of the box or case, a contact device passing through the top of the box or case at one si e trio light, a hood hinged to the other side of said light, and means whe'rebythe closing of the hood over the light will complete a circuit therethrough and the opening of the hood to being proof said elecexpose the light will open said circuit, saidhood bein normally tensionally held in a partially c. osed is not closed.

In testimony that I claimthe foregoing as my invention I have signed my namein presence of the subscribing witnesses this 14th day of. December, 1907.

FRANK W. GAYLOR.

position whereby the circuit Witnesses:

C. E. MULREANY, M. E. DOODY.' 

